– a climate smart choice

A wooden Mjøsa Bridge

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has conducted a research project where they have assessed the impacts of building a new Mjøsa Bridge from wood, concrete or steel. Building a new Mjøsa Bridge from wood will be a sustainable alternative.

A new Mjøsa Bridge built from wood will give environmental benefits

It has also been estimated that by building the Mjøsa Bridge from wood, it will be possible to prevent the emission of approximately 23,500 tons of CO2, compared with the other options. This means that with current traffic levels, cars will be able to cross the Mjøsa Bridge “CO2-neutrally” for 25 years if the bridge is built from wood rather than concrete (based on estimated emissions of CO2 125 g/km per car).

A new Mjøsa Bridge built from wood would therefore be a good example of Moelven’s climate-smart products, which utilise all of the positive characteristics of wood, in interaction with other materials.

It is technically, financially, aesthetically and architecturally fully justifiable to build the new Mjøsa Bridge from wood.

It is technically, financially, aesthetically and architecturally fully justifiable to build the new Mjøsa Bridge from wood.

A new four-lane Mjøsa Bridge can be built from wood

An R&D project organised by Region East of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Innovation Norway shows that it is technically possible to use wood as a building material in the construction of a new four-lane Mjøsa Bridge. The project also concludes that a wooden bridge would have a slightly shorter construction time than a concrete one.